Goodness me have I been away so long? Sorry but I am busy getting an internet business up and runni...
Goodness me have I been away so long? Sorry but I am busy getting an internet business up and running so am not in here so much at the moment....will be more productive in a few weeks so forgive me
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To say that early mornings are chaos at my house is an understatement......
My 5 and 3 year old must be at kindergarten at 9am, so I wait until 8 to wake them up and thats when all hell breaks loose.
In between getting my older monkeys fed, teeth cleaned, washed and dressed, I somehow have to find the time also, to give the baby a bottle and some breakfast too. Luckily thats when farleys dried breakfasts come in extremely handy
Farleys offer a wide range of DRIED baby food. These fall into two catergories
1. BREAKFAST AND/OR DESSERTS Creamy Oat Porridge(4 months) Sunfruit orange(4 months) Oats and Apple(4 months) Strawberry Yogurt(4 months) Fruit and Yoghurt(4 months) Sunrise banana............just
to name a few Peachy Porridge (7 months) Pear and Apple oat cereal(7 months)
2. Savoury Meals Chicken and Sweetcorn (4 months) Veg and rice (4 months) Cauliflower and Brocolli (4 months) Cheesy Veg pasta (7months) Shepherds pie and Lamb (7 months)
You can buy a 100g box for 2.19 GBP (these are mostly for the savoury meals) or a 125g box for 2.09 GBP (this includes most of the breakfast and dessert meals)
The blue box is covered in so much information for the customer, including the ingrediants,nutritional value, feeding advice and feeding table, as well as a brief history of Farleys (which is a Heinz company, I have learnt from reading the box)
Please read the box carefully before buying to see if the product is gluten free or suitable for vegetarians. This is clearly labelled on the side of each box.
Making up these meals is a simple, as all you have to do is switch on your kettle, as they all just require water to rehydrate them. Follow the feeding table on the back of the box as to how much powder and water you require from the foil package. I find this to be a useful guideline, although I find myself sometimes having to make some more up as it isnt enough for my baby. But as its so easy to make this is no problem.
I was shocked at first by how little powdered food I was recommended to use for my baby. It says that I only need 2 level tablespoons for a 4 month old baby and it looks like nothing. But on adding the water was suprised at how easily the water was absorbed and unlike some other brands of powdered baby food I have used there was no clumping. The powder doubled its size and was extemely creamy and the smell was immediately recognisable to the flavour I had chosen. The taste of the flavours I have used, are true to their names and I often find myself scoffing any leftovers as they are really yummy.
After initially cutting open the foil packaging you could reseal it by using a clip, but I just put mine back in its box and store them in a dark cupboard. If I dont use them for a while the contents do settle, but this problem is easily resolved by loosening with a spoon. The use by date is displayed at the bottom of each box and I find you generally have a good year and a half to get through it.
Each meal is highly nutritious, but I personally would not recommend any parent using these day in and day out as there really is no substitute for freshly home made food. But they are practical for parents who like myself am forever on the go and have many mouths to feed, as you know baby can quickly and easily be feed in between all the chaos of a 'NORMAL' family life. I often take a sealed plastic bowl of powder with me when I am visiting friends or going out for the day with the family (taking along a flask of hot water too).
I am not sure if I find Farleys good value for money as I personally only get about 5 or 6 meals from a 125g box. That works out at about 40 pence a meal, which I guess isnt too bad if you just have the one child. But I have 5 and this seems too much. I have found other dried meals which work out cheaper.
Saying that I think Farleys have got a wonderful product here and the variety is in itself a big bonus for them. With so many baby foods on the market it is hard for any parent to choose what is best for their baby. Although Farleys works well for my son, it may not be compatable with the tastes of another, but I would recommend at least given these meals a chance, because as i said earlier its the practicality that is so appealing.
And back on the home front.........well I never expected to produce such highly exciteable and downright lunitic sons, but I have.......so while breakfast time, lunch time and dinner time may ressemble the scene from ANIMAL HOUSE where they have a good old food fight.......at least I know I can leave them to it and find solice in feeding my baby with Farleys......saying that he is at that age now where he could quite easily give back what he gets and he too now ends up covering himself and me in half his food. One bit of advice for when you are feeding your baby anything.....if he looks like he is going to sneeze.....RUN
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